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衡 = 行 + 大 + 田 + 勹

衡 is a Japanese kanji written with 16 strokes, listed here under the keyword “equilibrium”. It is built from 行 (going), 大 (large), 田 (rice field) and 勹 (bound up). In Remembering the Kanji by James W. Heisig it is frame 957.

Keyword
equilibrium
RTK frame
957
Strokes
16
On'yomi (Sino-Japanese reading)
コウ
Script
Japanese kanji
Also known as
равновесие
Same glyph as a Chinese hanzi
衡 measure

Decomposition

Primary decomposition

  1. 行 going
  2. 大 large
  3. 田 rice field
  4. 勹 bound up

How to find 衡 without knowing its reading

On KumiJi Glyph Explorer, open the parts search and type “going” + “large” + “rice field”. 衡 is among the results, together with every other character containing the same shapes.

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